Ecclesiastes 10:11 — KJV with Strong's Concordance

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¹¹Surely the serpent will bite without enchantment; and a babbler is no better.

Ecclesiastes 10:11 —

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Cross-References

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Psalms 58:4-5
Their poison is like the poison of a serpent: they are like the deaf adder that stoppeth her ear; …
Jeremiah 8:17
For, behold, I will send serpents, cockatrices, among you, which will not be charmed, and they shall bite you, saith the LORD.
Psalms 52:2
Thy tongue deviseth mischiefs; like a sharp razor, working deceitfully.
Psalms 64:3
Who whet their tongue like a sword, and bend their bows to shoot their arrows, even bitter words:
Proverbs 18:21
Death and life are in the power of the tongue: and they that love it shall eat the fruit thereof.

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Animals Fool Serpent Speaking Viper

Commentary

Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)

(vv. 4-11)

The scope of these verses is to keep subjects loyal and dutiful to the government. In Solomon’s reign the people were very rich, and lived in prosperity, which perhaps made them proud and petulant, and when the taxes were high, though they had enough to pay them with, it is probable that many conducted themselves insolently towards the government and threatened to rebel. To such Solomon here gives…

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset, David Brown’s Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary (1871)

(vv. 11)

11. A “serpent will bite” if “enchantment” is not used; “and a babbling calumniator is no better.” Therefore, as one may escape a serpent by charms (Psa 58:4, 5), so one may escape the sting of a calumniator by discretion (Ec 10:12), [Holden]. Thus, “without enchantment” answers to “not whet the edge” (Ec 10:10), both expressing, figuratively, want of judgment. Maurer translates, “There is no gain…